Showing posts with label bosnia and herzegovina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bosnia and herzegovina. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2013

The Cellist Of Sarajevo...

The siege of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia
and Herzegovina lasted four years and was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.
Steven Galloway, a Canadian author, wrote a wonderfully moving book titled The Cellist Of Sarajevo, an amazing story of the siege and the bravery of this very private and highly talented cellist Vedran Smailovic.
Vedran often played for free at funerals and became famous for playing regularly on the streets of his wartorn city. Mikail Eustafiev took these photos in 1992 of Vedran Smailovic playing his cello in the partially destroyed national library... 

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

There's A Tiny House Sitting On A Little Rock In A Big River In Serbia...

This wonderful image by Irene Becker was one of National Geographic's Shot of The Day
for the month.
You can see more great shots here.
The tiny house sits on the rock on the side of the Drina River near the town of Bajina Basta which is on the Serbia side of the river.
The other side of the river belongs to Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
The Bajina Basta Kayak Club owns the tiny house and during summer when the water level's low, it's possible to walk to it from both sides
of the river.
Gorgeous isn't it...
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